I owned a VHS
tape of Disney’s
1991 animated movie Beauty and the Beast. My sister and I watched
it so many times that we could not only sing along but knew every word from
start to finish.
I’ve also been
lucky enough to see a Disney-based stage play of the
animation, but I never thought a full-length live-action movie could
capture all the great moments of the
original. And honestly, I still don’t think it has. This movie is
great, don’t get me wrong, but when you grow up with a VHS tape you’ve seen
over a hundred times, it’s hard not to compare.
The music in the
animation, to me, was sung better, and the transformation scene from Beast to
Prince felt more magical in the original. That said, the live-action movie was
still fun to watch. The CGI was out of this world, and Disney once again turned
one of their Renaissance classics into a full-length film.
There’s no
stopping Disney from transforming their classics into live-action movies, and I
can’t wait to see what they do with The Lion King, Tarzan, or Aladdin.
What’s not to
like about this live-action/CGI masterpiece? The music stayed true to the
animation, with some additional songs added to give the musical more drama.
There were also some tweaks to the screenplay and script to better accommodate
how things would play out if the events in the movie were to actually happen.
The tale
of Beauty and the Beast is similar to the animation. A proud prince
turns away an old woman seeking shelter. The woman turns out to be an
enchantress and places a spell on the prince and his castle, turning him into a
hideous beast and his servants into household items.
To break the
spell, the prince must find someone who will love him for who he is. Time is
not on his side, as a rose with falling petals serves as his countdown to find
love and break the curse.
I assume you
know the story already, and regardless of how you feel about the plot and how
it treated the woman in it, as a child when seeing it, none of that mattered.
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